Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1922, Page 5

OVERHALF RAISED | FOR OPPORTUNITIES i | With Two Days Remaining,i Ten Chances Are Left | to Be Closed. i | $1.000 GIFT RECEIVED Contributions May Be Made to Ex- || and two remain- | conomist. Iscope of their charitable work this John L. Kenna, the “littlest” one of | j oor - i p e SinounC Christmas, and it w. WL | theTot_made . characteristic boy's |oid md fommst nige “hild 2 ¢ for the fifty .| Amount askad for, $1,300. Previously | 3 was oply b R e oolish kifg who will no lackitadgea: $36 & Greyo%EY | dent that the story is made public, gaide am the |MoTe be admonished” T am only « venteen adults in these | 3¢ Shs L G G B 32| A newspaper man met Miss Susan I suppose that because 1 am the ioy. but, as far as I can see, there iei] ) milcl At eRestion el . L. McD_ $6; BRI, 35 3 cTican 'Boyd, one of the asents for swallest Loy lieve Is ke ';’j";‘{‘,‘a‘;‘;}'fi’wwld be no need of the United r ade that gifts made at [Z. D.. § |the "board of’ children’s - guardians, Rl Bue Stales ever entering into any con- o : e [ tand, emulating a dentist, extracted | “““\nile T have been a page boy a|mict: for éwisdom is better than & during the coming year| e Heded. § { portions of the account from her with | ¢hort time, I have learncd that the | neabols of war’ and we are the would be counted s cash toward the| SU PEEC HOMSH F {as much ease as the averare dentist | foomest cpeech 15 not. o lazEes strongest country in o hias bee ed upon at | OPPORTUNITY XO. 7. SHE REFUSES {extructs _superdevelopgd and stub- | (05 o4 1 will make 1 Sliort| S Ean e it et a0 s " aid | i cude namely, 3300 | No Tw Alike. H While 10 two of the opportunities ike, widowh ispos sl social home visitors study of the involved if th be th and ru 3 n the part of tl individua ments re to auire: four- e minimum the ciuhth- L whie urade st an illu jon of ia naking its so. service an tional or tru ship. In this brother or sister who will volunteer visitor un acquainted | with the chi 1ily and ome becomes a valu- p. combining nd giving the orzan Club of the i regi sury' s office con- | tributes - divided among the three colored opporiunities, Nos. 11 and 1 The ted Charities again re- mews its appeal t before Chris s shopping lists e remai losed on one +ill bring the t Christmas cheer—at least, - which I serve to carry e of good wiil | Romes throu ns may be sent to th virities. John Joy Edson, irer, o to the oiice of The Fourteen Opportunitfes. { UNITY NoO. NOBODY'S ' MISFOR- WIF NVALLD | BAND, SIX CH i In a litile six-room Lousc with a} front yard, wWhere n of flowers | Bloom” all | <ummicr lives this mentlt. childlike womin, w hose nerves Rava never fully recovered from an weeident whic ureed in girlhood. \ devoicd hushar Gteeted her cherished until her of Erowin he b Therd sweet, Amon ihness deps < zrad 1, wher and M (piedge), Slon Freddie.” A« OPPORTUN IN HOMEMAKING WIDOW ANEs 1 ALTI HILDE g and | { the ath of her | mother s head- | thanks e Colittle giels | niz adepts with their needle ther is uch improved i $1.401 s, f OPPORTUNITY NO. & BETT i WITHOUT THEIR DAD. D H ¥ WIFE--TWO S MRLL -1 DREN. | “I go to Kinney (kindergarten) and T | am only tiny, dimpled ! tot. The frail lovingly over her little i well she might, for tw are rarely | cen. Thi wornan and ! Lables were left to flzhit their | Jdone. It has been a brave but the mother could not 1 : owing to her frail health, ! Amount asked for, § sicknowledgrd. L. P. $2: Mre Miss M. B. A, $30 Clased. OPPORTUNITY NO. 4. A REUNITED FAMILY. WIDOW AND SIX CHIL- DR Left a widow, with a baby two | weeks old and five other children under ten, this mother knew of | nothing else to do but place two of the kiddies with relatives and the others In orphanages. Misfortunate | seemed to follow her. Her baby died, and the oldest boy had a fall. result- ing in the loss of a les. All the children were homesick, unhappy-and in bad physical condition. But now | ems to have taken a | turn. family has been gotten | ogether again with the aid of the Associated Charities and has taken a jittle place on the outskirts of the city, where the mother, with the help ot the children as they grow older. xpects to support herself by truck sjarming. Amovnt asked for, $728. Previously ackrowledged, $160.50. M. L. D., § G.G. S, $5; C. H. W, §2; A friend, § H. L. P, $2: M. B. P. B, $5; Miss G. M. J, $2; M. McC, $2; R K, $5; C. MeC., $5: M. S. M, $10; Col. W. E. Fowler (pledge), $100; W. S, $1: E. L., $2; S. W. L. $10. Total, $316.50. still needed, $411.50. OPPORTUNITY NO. 6. THE GOAL_IN SIGHT. WIDOW AND FOUR CHIL- DREN. This w'dow yower to mak is doing all in her a home for her four ghildren, . and -shortly her struggle { too COAL IS ASSURED FAMILIES FACING EMERGENT NEED The Public Utilittes Commission now is in a position to provide imme- diate temporary relief for familles that have no coal and are tacing sick- ness or a A. Allen, secretary to the commission, announced today Mr. Allen said a number of deglers are in a position to co-operate with the commission in filling emergency orders on short notice. £ Three more dealers today signed the agreement to support the com- wission in trying to prevent the du- plication of orders for fuel, making a de by the new rules of The latest agree- from the Black Diamond v, W. W. Griffith and L. its reward, for the eldest won be old érough to g a_substantia will br child w 5 ¢ firms that promised in ! ' GIVEN WIDE RANGE similar emergency, Wulter | Dwellers ~ jenjoys as belng one i children and old folks of Washington. . . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922, 'Senate Pages Dinner Guests - Of Vice President Coolidge Pages of the United States Senate | out partiality, the highest dut}‘”u man today were the guests of Vice Presi- [ can be called upon to perforn. i 1 Richard Langham Riedel, to whom dent Coolidge at a Christmas d! nneT | wag ‘usigned “Christmas’ s & toast, in the Senate restaurant, an annual | said: custom. After the voungsters had de- “At the time of the last Christmas voured unimited supplies of turkey, | firatcs SVeR us by our honored Vice cranberry sauce, ice cream and all the ! Presideut the great conference for | limitation of armament was in session other things that go to make up a| Christmas dinner, they settled down | in our city. At that time I guoted w few words from an address delivered to a feast of speechmaking, with the of presents|boys themselves doing the talking. CHRISTMAS CHEER in Government Hotels on Capitol Plaza Dis- pensers of Benevolence. by my friend, Lord Riddell, and I refer There .are hundreds truth of his words. He said: ‘The from “back home” flooding the Gov- | s, only thing that will bri ceess 1 : Gov- | Some of the speeches sounded very | pi E EINE. Succebs n = 2 the efforts for we ce is | {ernment Hotels on the Capitol-Union 'much as though they might have | of Jesns Chorst 1 the haxite be Shirtt Statiomplaza these And. as 1y, but probably | been delivered by the senators them- long as the present adiminis- none of them, individually, nor all of | selves. Col. . A. Halsey, In charge | trttfon has anything to do with it we them collectively, will give the re- | of the pages, presided. | will ‘t’n‘;:‘inrf‘ax‘:‘.(;n?"h:m:th I.Izr:ic g:l-;;u cipients the pleasure that each nn\\': The toasts responded to and the| United States, for President Hardin seeks o find other means for settlin. difficulties than by the sacrifice of thc flower of American manhood on the battlefield, and ‘it God be for him who of those who \boys who spoke were as follows: | banded $1,500 to the noor and needy | Toast to the Vice President and| i work and to make anttel | ontribut to the support of the| The woman employes of the gov. | { shall be against him.’ I would say Lmily. With the goal in sight, sure- | y | Rhodes; “Thrift this with litte hope 1f T were talking S worth while to extend a help- {CTIMeNt have kept verv quiet about |.ijsyn ' Rernard = Reed: e e nd the mother takes advantage | 'ry opportunity to improve as under the instruction of | TO SURR Left Band w woma her three INDER TO MISFORTUY to shift for herself by a hus o Jdict, this little teolored) refused to give up | b broke herself down with | had to have a o her life. iously Pry- Miss B. C., $1: Cash, $1; Welfare Club, ‘Total, NO. 8. HER CHIL- OUGH. DESERTED CHILDRE! Now T am living.” Is what this de- serted wife said after she had begun to receive her weekly allowance made e by the contributions given at mas time. Her two bovs and giri are her delight. “I don't to go out for entertainment. unt asked for, $780. Previously owledged, $167.50. G. G. S. W. E. Fowler ~(pledge) 5 mous, $2; M. H. W, $10; A. R. 5 Total, $2 Sl necded, $492 OPPORTUNITY NO. 9. A PROBLEM IN HOUSING. INVALID COUPLE AND THREE CHILDREN, Have you ever tried to look for rooms when you had only a slender purse or nothing at all to pay with? This family had been self-supp: rting unti need An ill to work any With savings exhausted the: “or non-payment of rent. longer. The moth- er herself is very frail. but the three | from the manner in which it are | home children. all under fourteen, g youngste Previously Col. OLTUNIT LTH 1S H WIDOW ¥ NO. 1. YOUNG CHIL- For many years this widow lored) has struzgled early and late to support her six sons. When we and doing laundry in the evening. When she came home at the end of the day sh. gathered her children from the different neighbors who had | been carinz for them and frequent'y it was long past dark when she had them w Amou ously acknowled Ply- uth M Mr. Mi: P, Fowier (pledge), $10 §1: Welfare Club, regi of Treasury office, $¥. Total, $261.50. ™ he father became too old and { were evicted | ind. for the home is an excelient | What they have done. iborn molar. one to three years| lscries of dances is given, und from i HER ! and a i (col- i | OPPORTUNITY NO. 12, “SANTA” BE LIEV i ORAL HYGT WIDOW AND THREE CHILDR! i have you brushed your I we learned at Camp Good | Wiz you don’t, Santa will not come.” Such was the query put by the three-vear-old tot in the family er and three chil- The mother is wd o widowed mo dren, the cidest nin needed, $200. NITY NO. 12 SVERY TEAR IVE CHILD A_SMILE ‘WIDOW AND “A smile for every tear’ is the way this widow (colored) expresses her her husband from tuber- o her home and raise her five children properly. s Amount ed for £1.040. Previously G. G. 8, $5; Ply- Mr. and Mrs. W. P., $2; B. C., nowledged, $1 mouth Miss. So Miss J. e from someone whom vou < SR §1; Welfarc | ceedings have been instituted. was e loveriobX cdltontyour of Treasury office, $9. [returned yesterday by the Lurcau of | Christmas 1ist, remember S immigrat®dn to the commissioner of | that w re open until 9 $732.50. |mm=gmuundat EI‘lis Isiland ro‘rw:)w‘ o'clock, and you will have N NO. 14. i taking of additional testimony. en an opportunity to do a N Y N SENTED CWoFL | this has been prepared by the hoard a little last-minute shop- AND TWO CHILDREN. lod: . Amount “asked for, $468. \nowledged, $406. S, $3: C. H. W., $5.23; Mrs. D. B. $9. Mrs, M. F, $10; J. S, H. M, sr., $5 B, $i; Mr. Total $472.25. Closed Undesignated, $100. Summary. Total amount asked for. Total received ..ovvveeecess.$ 6,583.75 Still needed ....ceceeeveeo..d 647225 The following contributions were received by The Star toward the op- portunities: Lincoln School, A $13,056.00 $3 each for the seventh, eleventh and thirteenth op- ' portunities total, §9; Metropolitan Bap- tist Sunday school, $1 each for Nos..7, 11 and 13, $3, F. P, D, $2 for any one of the opportunities; D. M. S., $5; Thirteen Plate Printers, $1. W., $2; Miss Nellie R. Thomas, $2. Mrs, Jéssie H. Grindle, $2.5 2, and in memory of Eliza E. Parkhurst, $20, to be devoted to any; E. P. D., §5, and D. J., $25. most needed: Unions Friendship, No. 891, G. U. O. of O. F., §2 each to Nos. 7, 12 and 13, $6; D. W., $25 each to Nos. 4 and 6, $50; O Street Vocational School, $5 each to Nos. 11 and 13, $10; Polyanna class, Metro- politan’ Baptist Church, $10 for No. $; E B. Myers, $2 for No. 11; Mildred Myers. $1 for No. 11; C. B. Walker, §2 for No. 13; faculty of Dunbar High School, $10 each for 7, 11 and 13, $30 W. A.'F., $20 for No. 9, and Charles E.-Goss,~$5 -each for Nos. 1 and-9, $10. < ppreciation for what has been done | carly blind from cataract| n, | Donald Hargrave ratitude,” Henry | Gentry; “Succe John E. Kenna, 4th. haracteristic Boy's Talk.” to a gathering of men, but I realize that we are the coming generation and j as yet have not lost the power of b- | sorblug. “At this point I will quote: ‘Better Although there out 1,800 of them, not a word come out regard.ng the broad | Sible . Halsey says thut a successful @ bov who is ne our example.’ Beginning of the Stoi Gratitude, Hix Topic. beginning: To start at tl Thi d 1 G e LAl o ninibas s ore a e e 4 willing, and my mother | “Gratitude” was the toast respond- edrs. athlseasoniiin thelracreatis ther told me the same thing, o ed to by Henry Gentry, who said: must u going to try | “Undoubtedly our first debt of I at the Gove Hotels nment i i itude ix ‘0 our mothers, who for- e our mistakes, take pride in our achievements and hold high hopes the proceeds of these daices a De e Aiary zham G centage is laid away for Christn i Sativisies: for our futures. Next, we should he R e e o unusual pleasure to | grateful to ind for our nation, the highest forr® of government known | come to our distinguished host, Vice to its founders and to those who ha | President Coolldge. He has impressed | fought to preserve it, and for the n people as {boundless opportunities it affords and influ- [ As well, we should be grateful for c in which | the vast resources that make us the ses with him, | most independent nation of the world a for Americans’ He inflex- and for the opportunity to live in this rikes for the just cause, and dis- age of comfort and unsurpassed stice without fear and with- scientific achievemept.” HOARY-HEADED VIE WITH BABIES IN CHRISTMAS AT SUNSHINE HOME Basiresalacls oy enien tirath the festive exercises in a wel- president, treasurer, and all the other official requisites, each house admin- istration took charge of its own fund. When all of them were totaled up it was found that a nest egg of $1,.500 was in the various treasuries. Having this cash, the residents of the hotels began casting ahout for worthy | ways {n which to expend it. Miss. Boyd happened to know something about the wards of the board of chi'drens guardians. They're all needy and most of them worthy children. Wherefore, she took the names of 225 youn: who are being kept by foster p: throughout he District, sonal paragraph about ti likes of cach, 80 far as sl and turned the names into num Then she handed the list to the ones w n towerjng in majes he represents a prine ¢ true American clieerful, sun- with Chri Baby Clara May, the mus Ginner Monday, Tae were ‘:'cudi;' to dispense a bit of Christ- ny-heaced mascot of the Sunshine 2;03:““""=fl"1un"b:~r v;{‘flnrmc{ nznl:s( mas beneficence. {Homa for Women, 3 S e, : home now living elsewhere. Every one of them has heen taken |1°M® for Wonien, at 339 C street, ibut, strangely cnough, they alwavs cate o MThelseler tiC et h v Lere Lut one Christmas, i3 pat- [turn up at the Sunshine Fouse on Thanksgiving and Christmas for a share in the holiday spirit there, and, incidentally, for some dinner, Real Celebration Tuesday. up and down the bed-congested an- | ticipation of the second Clara May | = nd four other hables, the eldest of | Cat e e S m is two and a half years, are| Although the Christmas dinner will the cotored Tndustrial Home Schoot for | the only children in the bullding right | be served Christmas day. and carols Boys;jac Blos IR 1ing SDA(C inew and they will share the home's|Wwill be sung, the reai celebration, Tl Suil oy e {Christmas tree with the many who but despite their | Tues the project was hand that each child got some or she wanted Santa to briy An Unexpended Balance. frua A b . when the members of the in Washington. It doc hoary - 5 with it all the time. :““y‘ t‘mnx‘» 3 ‘r"ilbourd for the home will be present. reason the treasurer of one of as de ned with e Spirit{ &, g v e od S T {candy. nuts and fruit will be given 1 . and money for rent. | from hospi i A check for $100, { coal —-itnd don, Va. They got mily tio ouifit. Tt _talking machine with Home In Crowded. > < abundance of records. The machine et act (Bome Wwill receive a small practical nd ninety voungst P ) BIfL are tento Chrlstnr the kitehen. | The spirit of Christmas, however, other types of thit i o o nouEh | hus not overshadowed the fact that mg the Christmas holldars, = = |3iGlintne Sunsniy e is in need of bedding, under- There are ten roungsters—all boys | ooy h Rl encceived | | girls at the House Me Eare ot s 1 E Nelson the other « e umber of the omen philanthropic forgotten. A number of the | 2 Nelson id the rent for at least that girls “are crazy about” w paiched to them. The girls Colored Industrial Home Schoc Lincoln Heights, also were take of, and the total sters directly ben eractly 367 3 1l a Fund Remains. And still some money was lef? Building C-D, therefore, held a chil- dren’s party, with all the trimmings t could be mustered, with u por- tion of that which left It remained for bu will have Mourn Narutowicz, Who Was Killed by Assassin. the Ascociated Pross. Poles E 1-K think of the old folks, how the committee from that building cu- and omething like kowski officiated. tended he new presi- cabinet, the jarze repre- As the coffin - bells of the city lential salute of new erisp bill of considerab) nomination for each of them A precursory survey of the situa tion shows the impossibility of print- ing the names of all those concerned Besides there wouldn't be sul —_—— space left for other items : T for o teme | NSLEACE REID BETTER. Miss Boyd didn't want this printed | e unless all the names po ble were | December 2 used, but she was assured that he o of lace Reid, motion only would be given to add definite | ;. ote e FRferoncoyto thckarticler and) it aya=||Ciouze DI Tacinerdt ine Mftom A 8 told that the girls that handed oatibreakdown which almost caused his all this pleasure probably didn’t w death, indicates continued improve- to take credit for it in the public’s|ment. according to reports from the eyes anyhow. Sanitarivm in Hellvwood, where he is That's the reason why there’s proh- ! It nt. 'h. cians said the en- feon ng changes ma <ible for him to sit up by day. make it pos- ably plen New Year of happiness at the dormi- torles this year—even without the hundreds of packages from “ba home” that are keeping clerks work- ing overtime there toda —_— e it \1‘ i she is making a hard fight! Fowler (pledge), $100; | actor against whom deportation pro- | the irregular court allowance pald by . tletoe, and being, through the love {the father and a small stipend by a!of the gods, restored to life, the { mistletoe became tlie emblem of love. Previously ' and every one passing under it was to J. J. E, $15; G.|receive a kiss. DEFECT !N RECORD. Pat Somerset Deportation Case Held | Up to Take Testimony. Because of a defect in.the record the case of Pat Somerset, English in case vou have re- ceived Cards or Gifts of speclal inquiry the case will be ping. You will find many sent back to Washington for final '3 nggestions, coverin gift Sorely crippled and unable to 1eave | decision. e o T the house, this deserted wife 18 mak-| “proceedings were begun against find our Christmas. Card ing the best of the situation {. the: somerset several months ago on the stock is still quite com- e of her two young childré. If{'ground that he had committed = : plete. jou were to g0 to the Nouse In the“felony or some misdemeanor” before morning you would see Jane cookin ther Counts ol nvolved - Hine ‘breaictast” (ana "a. good job ‘abe O ne o The National makes of it, too) and Frank busy | new eeriir carrving _out the ashes, breaking i‘;g,‘:d.,,}““ tieair{calivroducctifin Remembrance Shop i | wood for the fires and doing other % : the chor. gner the morning meal they P sT‘—h— ] iE (Mr, Foster's Shop) &0 to school and the mother waits! e Scandinavians have a legen Patiently for their return in the |that Balder, the favorite of the gods. = ]4th Street ®"giogriro™ | {afternoon. The only income is from|was killed by an arrow made of mis- = A Ave. E= 7 open ovenings until 9 o'clock EXT Christmas—Let the Comfort of a Christmas Fund Relieve Your Anxiety —Start Saving Now—]Join the FRANKLIN NATIONAL BANK XMAS SAVINGS CLUB Week Provides a Fund of $5.00 2 Week Provides a Fund of | $250.00 I Time deposits $1.00 a Week Provides a Fund of $100.00 To each of these funds we add interest at 3%. earn 4% interest. Foreign Exchange—Commercial Accounts—Savings The Franklin Naticnal Bank Pennsylvania Ave. at 10th St. JOHN B. COCHRAN . THOS. P. HICKMAN President Viee President and Cashier to them at this time to emphasize the | with the tree and gifts, will be held; {everybody, and each woman in the | 5 Dan Cupid Close To Santa Claus InHandicapRace Dan Cupid is running a close sec- | FREESEDSKILED of the clerk’s office until closing | ) i0%«r und vegetable scc time at moon, Col. W. A. Kroll, |home garden wero taken off tile frv license clerk, with the assistance |11t bY the House vesterday, voting i of Mrs. It S Wayland, assistans |the committee of the whole on clerk of the court, was kept busy |amendment, proposed by Representi e W. Langley of Kentueky, SLIPONDOORSTEP | - RESULTS IN DEATH {E. T. Keane, 20, Stumbl- ing Through Glass Door, Is Fatally Hurt. | issulnz bltss permits. A total of 2 RIS i e e ke ot ual agricultural apprepriatic: | three hours today, while forty ap- | ' plicants went away happy from | is tho first time the House, the license counter yesterday, With | £pite of unuuul fights, has refused cach license went the gei' . good |provide members of Congress with Juck and merry Christua. - isies packuges of secde to he distributed t | of the clerk. their constituents congres slonal frank or pe Tsually the 'U. S. RAISES $780,164,100. D. C. in District Subscribing $21,- 439,600 of Treasury Issue. cretary Mellon today announced, That the total wnount of subscriptions | sting 74 to 71 ugains | to the recent issue of Treasury notes ich would put i | land eertificates of indebtedness was priatior i $845, which the Treasur ! ! nccepted 100, including. $46 In cnarg | 1188100 in two-and-one-half-vear iar h Treusury The ren nder . feelin, i s of in i vot H =hut off - e count T2y 1oted decidedly hd previc dment 1 hange 1o v i Richi Washington is a ubscriptions of & EOWARD 1 | ! 5 A sHp of the foot the life of Bdw: iwenty | years old, e place ne w alesroom of & tu the door of | [ the Oldsmobile auto- | distribution agency at 1018 cut avenue. where he waql I | 1, when his foo! slipped on | IE orstep. Ae a_result hix hand | i the latch. and impetus | carried him through the riass in thei E ¥. As he fell forward, his right ¢ | jleg was cut on the jagged glass at g the hottom of the panel. | Dies in Howp! Within a period of sec The Value of a Savings mund Horgan of Ston cident, actly tweive mi frer the : able, with s through | When »ou open a Savings Account you are taking the first step toward immunity irom future financial worries—and provid- ng yourseli with the substantial means to do things. | of the Chure every dollar every day it's on deposit. —_ | The With your money in a Savings Account | 2 ‘“‘,,‘(.;I you won’t spend without the “sober second iin locul fi thought.” The stronger the saving habit, By e G the bigger the Savings Account—to which and he was on we add interest at the rate of 3% for Ke the | bad won oung cast of ne for himse teur th s Lere. ) CAMEL BITES ACTRESS. ¢ e _ ! Eleanor Boardman. Movie Star, , 5 MavLose Blght A HMARRINGTON MILL>. JAMES . BADEN. H R First Vice Presiden V. Pres. and Cashfer. H sleanor Bo an of a mot |ing here, was Lof ‘the camels duction. JAMES B. REYNOLD: LATRENCE A. SLAUGHTER, Vice President. cAcknowledging a ift From the “Public HRISTMAS is a time to forget what is coming to us and to remember what is coming to others, and it is in that spirit that we publish this acknowledgment of what is coming to you. The truth is, that whatever prosperity was coming to us this year has come, and the purpose of this announce- ment is not to solicit favors but to express thanks. You have endorsed our policy and methods. You have responded to our advertisements. You have examined and approved and bought our merchandise. You have given us volume in return for values, sales in return for service, business in re- turn for benefits received. And thus you have done more than'wish us A Merry Christmas—you have assured it with priceless gift of public confidence. Thank You— eAnd a Merry Christmas! 7 4